Today's schedule is BADC
B Block Criminology - Again we'll do some prep work before the Casey Anthony analysis. If Casey Anthony was the most hated mom in America the most hated husband in America was Scott Peterson (who was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci, and unborn child in 2004). A&E TV did a retrospective six part series called The Murder of Laci Peterson and you can stream the six episodes on the link by signing in to your Telus, Shaw or Bell service provider. From A&E
The mystery of Laci Peterson’s disappearance on Christmas Eve 2002 captivated the nation. Eight months pregnant, she vanished without a trace. Her body and that of her unborn child, Conner, appeared four months later on the shores of the San Francisco Bay causing a media frenzy on both a local and national level. To this day, no one knows exactly when, where or how she died, only that her husband Scott Peterson was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, despite the absence of DNA evidence or eyewitness testimony. Scott Peterson’s conviction was less a tribute to the efficacy of the legal system than it was a case study for the overwhelming power of modern media to deliver the facts of news in a way that creates irresistible tabloid fodder.
Today we'll watch part 2 of the retrospective "The Murder of Laci Peterson". Pay special attention to Nancy Grace and her explanation of why she does what she does. This case was the bridge between OJ Simpson and Casey Anthony. I mean who doesn't like a good witch hunt in today's society...really? 😳
From the Midland Daily News article Laci Peterson Case Luring All Media Types
"The media shows all the symptoms of an addict, all the way down to denial," said Matthew Felling of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, a nonprofit research group. "Despite their protestations and navel gazing they are and remain scandal-story junkies, waiting for the next fix."
The Peterson case is the equivalent of a summer blockbuster for cable news, akin to shark attacks and missing children in the past two years, said Dante Chinni, a senior associate with The Project for Excellence in Journalism. He said such heavy coverage distorts the gravity of the story. "People do start thinking Laci Peterson is the most important story in America," Chinni said.
There are two trials under way here over the killings of Laci Peterson and her unborn son.One is the quiet proceeding inside the four walls of the town courthouse run by Judge Alfred A. Delucchi. That trial is all but bereft of drama and hard to follow: day after day of dry testimony played out before 12 jurors in a courtroom only half filled with grieving family members, journalists and a smattering of the public.The other trial takes place in the hallways and on the esplanade in front of the courthouse, where a spin zone relentlessly churns before television cameras, which are barred from the courtroom itself. This one has drama and humor and pathos, played out breathlessly almost every day on Court TV and Fox News, on ''Today'' and ''Larry King Live.''
And the core in the coverage is Nancy Grace, look at what she has to say ...Jodi Arias Draws Comparisons to Casey Anthony, Scott Peterson
A Block Legal Studies - For your project, there are a few things you should know about negligence.
This is an unintentional or an intentional civil wrong (tort). Negligence is the most common civil tort (inattention, carelessness, and the possibility of harm) and there are 4 components to the “Test for Negligence:
- Duty of Care – The Plaintiff must prove that the Defendant had the legal obligation not to cause harm on their property (The “neighbour principle” – you have a responsibility to take reasonable care for the safety of anyone who may be harmed by your actions)
- Breach in the Duty of Care (Standard of Care) – The Plaintiff must prove that the Defendant did not meet the expected standard of care owed to them (based on the “Reasonable Person Principle” – concept of “Foreseeability”)
- Causation – Once the Plaintiff has proven the Defendant didn’t meet the Standard of Care there needs to be a determination of “direct causality” (“but for…” principle – but for the actions of the Defendant the Plaintiff would not have been harmed – sometimes the acts speak for themselves “Res Ipsa Loquitor”).
- Actual Harm/Loss – The Plaintiff must prove that real damages occurred to them as a result of the Defendant’s negligent acts
1. Did you have a responsibility to someone?
2. Did you fail in your responsibility-How?
3. Did you cause them harm?
4. Did the suffer an actual loss?
Conduct is negligent if it creates an objectively unreasonable risk of harm.
To avoid liability, a person must exercise the standard of care that would be expected of an ordinary, reasonable and prudent person in the same circumstances.
The measure of what is reasonable depends on the facts of each case, including
• the likelihood of a known or foreseeable harm,
• the gravity of that harm, and
• the burden or cost which would be incurred to prevent the injury.
In addition, one may look to external indicators of reasonable conduct
• such as custom,
• industry practice, and
• statutory or regulatory standards
You have the rest of the block in the learning commons to work on your project (including your law firm commercial if you choose that option)
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll watch a really good video of the El Reno Oklahoma EF3 Tornado of 2013.
Oklahoma typically experiences around 60 tornadoes a year, as it is part of Tornado Alley. Most tornadoes, about 77 percent, don’t cause death or widespread damage however some can spin up to create something spectacularly dangerous. The El Reno tornado, that struck central Oklahoma, measured 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles) wide at its base and killed 18 people including veteran tornado researchers and storm chasers Tim and Paul Samaras and Carl Young (National Geographic did an excellent piece on Tim Samaras called "The Last Chase")
A really good article on the El Reno Tornado and the storm chasers around it can be found at Outside magazine online When the Luck Ran Out in El Reno
Don't forget questions:
NWS Jetstream Tornadoes
Weather underground Supercells
How Mesocyclones Work
Weather Network Tornado Alley
CBC What is Tornado Alley
NOAA Tornado Alley
A really good descriptive video from the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma. It's not gripping but it is detailed in tornado genesis and development
...and because I'm a nerd...do you know that chasers have their own vocab? Check out the article Do you speak storm-chasing? from TED. Or the National Weather Service Weather Glossary for Storm Spotters
A really good article on the El Reno Tornado and the storm chasers around it can be found at Outside magazine online When the Luck Ran Out in El Reno
Don't forget questions:
- Evaluate the pattern of tornado activity in Canada and the United States. Where is Tornado Alley? What generalizations can you make about the distribution and timing of tornadoes? What happened in 2003?
- Describe the formation process of a mesocyclone. How is this development associated with that of a tornado?
NWS Jetstream Tornadoes
Weather underground Supercells
How Mesocyclones Work
Weather Network Tornado Alley
CBC What is Tornado Alley
NOAA Tornado Alley
A really good descriptive video from the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma. It's not gripping but it is detailed in tornado genesis and development
...and because I'm a nerd...do you know that chasers have their own vocab? Check out the article Do you speak storm-chasing? from TED. Or the National Weather Service Weather Glossary for Storm Spotters
C Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Issue "Where Is Agriculture Distributed"? Geographer Derwent Whittlesey mapped the world’s agricultural regions in 1936 which helped lay the foundation for the modern division of the Earth into agriculture regions. The five agriculture regions primarily seen in developing countries are intensive subsistence, wet-rice dominant; intensive subsistence, crops other than rice dominant; pastoral nomadism; shifting cultivation; and plantation and we'll look at those today. You'll need to answer the following:- What is pastoral nomadism and in what type of climate is it usually found?
- How do pastoral nomads obtain grain (several ways)?
- What is transhumance?
- In what way do modern governments currently threaten pastoral nomadism?
- How is land owned in a typical village that practices shifting cultivation?
- What percentage of the world’s land area is devoted to shifting cultivation?
- Describe the PROS and CONS of shifting cultivation, or the arguments made for it and criticisms leveled against it on the chart in the work package.
- Define and describe plantation farming by filling out the chart in the work package.
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